On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Gary Roach <gary719_list1 AT verizon DOT net> 
wrote:
> This is a new installation and my first time trying to install backuppc.
> I have a Debian Linux Squeeze system. Every time I issue service
> backuppc start from root I get:
>
>     Starting backuppc...mkdir /var/log/backuppc: Permission denied at
> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC line 1813
>
> Line 1813 is trying to create a /var/log/backuppc log file. This
> requires root privileges on my system. How do I fix this.

Create the directory as root, then change ownership to backuppc.   I
would have expected this to be done by a script in the install
package, though.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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